Trump acknowledges he told Secret Service on Jan. 6 that he would 'like to go down' to the Capitol
Former President Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that he told the Secret Service he wanted to go to the U.S.
Former President Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that he told the Secret Service he wanted to go to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, depicting a different tone of an event that became a contentious detail of a former White House aide's testimony before the House committee that investigated the attack.
In remarks at a campaign rally Wednesday afternoon in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Trump blasted the account of Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Hutchinson was a key witness during closely watched committee hearings in 2022.
"Remember the person that said I attacked a Secret Service agent in the front of the car?" Trump said, referring to Hutchinson's testimony. "It’s not my deal. I’m a lover, not a fighter."
Hutchinson testified that staff members told her about Trump's trying to grab the steering wheel in an armored SUV and lunging toward his security detail when he learned that he would not be taken to the Capitol, where a mob of his supporters was gathering.
"This is crazy stuff," Trump said Wednesday. "I sat in the back, and you know what I did say? I said, 'I’d like to go down there because I see a lot of people walking down.' They said, 'Sir, it’s better if you don’t.' I said, 'Well, I’d like to. ... Whatever you guys think.'"
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